Cute, right? I used a 5/8" covered button kit for these...
and these...
And a 7/16" covered button kit for these...
Here they are together so you can see the difference in size.
Did I mention how much I love these? I don't know what it is about recycling, but I love taking 'trash' and turning it into cute, wearable items. What do you think?
FYI: For some reason, the 7/16" size was harder to make than the bigger size. I ended up having to hot glue the bottom on because it wouldn't stay otherwise. Also, to protect the wrappers, I brushed each earring with a few coats of Mod Podge.
**Edited to Add: A great tutorial for making covered button earrings can be found HERE**
I'm linking at these fabulous parties:
It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday @It's Sew Stinkin' Cute
Tuesday Tell All @My Craftie Life
Get Your Brag On @Gluesticks
Fantabulous Friday Link Up @Momma's Kinda Crafty
I'm Crafty Party @So You Think You're Crafty
Take A Look Tuesday @Sugar Bee Crafts
Ten Buck Tuesday @Young Nester
27 comments:
What a fabulous project!! I love it!!! I am buying a button maker for my daughter's birthday...they would love this!! Awesome!!
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I know my daughter will be adding those to her Spring Break to-do list ... they're so great! And what a fun gift that would make for her friends. Thanks for sharing!
{I just noticed in your "about me" that you have five kiddos ... we do too! It's fun, huh?}
Love these! I've been wanting to try button making, I gotta try this
these are AWESOME!
Those are awesome! I would seriously wear those! Thanks for sharing over at Tuesday Tell All.
This is too good. How smart is this? love it. Thanks. Linda
Those are so fun! Love the dum dum ones! Thanks for featuring me next week, I will for sure grab a button!
Very clever! LOVE it!!
Allison
www.room-mom101.blogspot.com
Oh and BTW I have seen the idea of making a belt out of candy wrappers. Maybe you will want one to match all your jewelry! :)
I saw it here:
http://myplumpudding.blogspot.com/2009/05/candy-wrapper-belt-tutorial.html
These are just so cute, so fun! I just love the buttons!
I love these! I think they seem easy enough that I can make some for my daughter...and she may even be able to help!!
Those are really cute! I love skittles I would make them with skittle wrappers! :)
What a fun idea!! I'll be linking to this at my Show & Share party on Thursday! ;)
woah! These are so cool! I want them so bad!
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-Karli
www.dancingaroundwithkarli.blogspot.com
this is such a cute idea. I'll definitely be paying attention to every candy wrapper now
I love this idea! It gives you a great excuse to eat more candy! :)
AHH! I love these! I would love for you to stop by and link up to my Ten Buck Tuesday link party!
So stinking cute. So lovely and whimsical. Great job.
Just Another Day in Paradise
Thanks for linking up! I loved this so much I featured it as one of my favorites from last week! Email me to get the html code of my "I've been featured" button!
These are so awesome! I love them.
Really cool! Found ya through modpodge blog!
Maybe I am just missing something, but how do you make the button into an earring? My girls would love these!
I would like to make these dangle, rather than button, would you be able to punch or drill a hole to add a couple of beads? I also thought maybe wrapping the wrapper around a drink can tab and that way there would be a place to poke a needle thru but would they hold up? Any more ideas?
H Robert...If you're looking to make dangly earrings, try this idea on bottle cap earrings! Here's a link to how I made my bottle cap earrings: http://thecreativeitchboutique.blogspot.com/2010/07/bottle-cap-earrings.html
Instead of using scrapbook paper, cut a 1" circle out of candy wrappers and Mod Podge them on. I may have to try this myself! Hope that helps!!
Hey there! Just wanted to let you know we featured you in our Favorite Find Fridays post over at Whimsically Homemade. We used one of your pictures. If that's a problem let us know and we'll remove it immediately. Thanks for your great inspiration!
Too cute!! Love them! Thanks for the inspiration :)
I featured you on my blog today, feel free to come check it out: http://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2012/07/pinteresting-features-n-shtuff-41.html
I love this idea; there are so many different wrappers in this world that should be changed into wearable items!
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